Polishing Marble Mosaic Shower Tiles with Tile Doctor 6-Inch Burnishing Pads in Morningside Edinburgh
Last month I was in Morningside, a small district in the southern outskirts of Edinburgh City, visiting a client who had a beautiful Marble mosaic tiled shower floor. The lovely mosaic tiles had lost their shine and appearance from soap residue and harsh cleaners and now looked permanently dirty and unhygienic, especially so in the corners. As well as the Marble, the grout lines also needed attention, this is not unusual as the surface of grout is rough and can discolour and stain over time.
They had tried various products to bring back the colours of the tiles, but nothing seemed to resolve the issues. I was asked to renovate the Marble back to the way it looked when installed and restore what was once a very appealing shower.
The solution I recommended was to deep clean the grout and then burnish the Marble with a series of professional burnishing pads which would restore the appearance. I emailed a detailed quote over to the client which was accepted and a date scheduled.
Cleaning a Marble Mosaic Tiled Shower Floor
To start the cleaning process the Marble and Grout was covered with an alkaline cleaning product called Tile Doctor Oxy-Gel. Being a gel it’s easy to control and after application it was left to dwell and soak in. This allows the gel to work breaking down the soiling and old sealer. Using a deck brush the floor was scrubbed and then rinsed with clean water.
After this process the tiles were burnished using four diamond encrusted burnishing pads of increasing grits (400, 800, 1500 and 3500 grits). Due to the limited space six-inch pads were used starting with the 400-grit, the pads slowly clean and then hone the stone to restore their polished appearance, the floor is rinsed with water between each pad to release the soiling and then extracted with a wet vacuum.
Sealing a Marble Mosaic Tiled Shower Floor
Once the Marble and Grout lines were clean and fully dry, a sealer was applied to protect and enrich the look of the Marble mosaics. The sealer used was Tile Doctor X-Tra Seal, which is a tough, colour-enhancing, oil-based impregnating sealer that is rated for external use and so ideal for sealing stone shower tiles.
We completed the project in less than a day and the treatment revived the stone’s deep, vibrant tones, as seen in the after picture, and made the shower floor look brand new again much to the relief of my client.
To maintain this finish, it is important to use the right products for natural stone: Tile Doctor Aqua-Pro is ideal for this, it’s an effective yet pH neutral tile and grout cleaner designed for everyday use in bathrooms.
Source: Marble Mosaic Renovation Products and Services in Morningside Edinburgh